General Information

Investing Basics

Investing Experience:

High

Risk Tolerance:

High

Investing Style:

Long-Term Buy to Hold

Types of Investments:

The perfect investment is one that I can hold for a very long time, as that business becomes more profitable and valuable. I try to think like a silent partner in the businesses I'm invested in. I'm interested in how our businesses are progressing each year... and not necessarily what the market, or share prices, are doing in the short run.

Education And Work Information

An Interview with TMFMarkRogers88

Last updated: 1/5/2015

The Fool:

If you could use one example from your life to teach a financial lesson, what would it be?

TMFMarkRogers88:

Get started early. As early as you can. And if you have kids, grandchildren, nephews, or you teach or mentor young people in any capacity... try to get them interested, or at least aware, of basic financial principles. Don't spend more than you make. Save what you can. Invest for the long term. I got a huge break in life by "getting it" early, and compounding my learning from a young age.

The Fool:

What was your first educational exposure to investing?

TMFMarkRogers88:

My Dad. In the mid-90s my family got its first home computer, an old Windows 95. I was handy with a spreadsheet, so I helped my Dad set up his share portfolio on the PC. We'd get the FT delivered on Sunday morning, he'd call out the stock prices, I'd stick them into the spreadsheet. I vividly remember asking one day what a "P/E", a "yield" and all the different columns meant, and it began from there. I've been extraordinarily fortunate to stumble across my passion from an early age. Six years later and I began investing myself!

The Fool:

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